Breakdown of Przestańże mi wreszcie przerywać, kiedy do ciebie mówię!
ty
you (singular)
mówić
to speak
mi
to me
do
to
kiedy
when
przestać
to stop
wreszcie
finally
przerywać
to interrupt
Questions & Answers about Przestańże mi wreszcie przerywać, kiedy do ciebie mówię!
What does the -że at the end of przestańże do?
The particle -że attaches to imperative verbs to add emphasis, urgency, or annoyance. While przestań just means stop, przestańże translates closer to just stop or stop it already. Note that if an imperative verb ends in a vowel, you usually just add -ż.
Why is the imperfective verb przerywać used after the perfective command przestańże?
Verbs that indicate the start, continuation, or end of an action (phasal verbs like przestać, zaczynać, kończyć) must always be followed by an imperfective infinitive. Even though the command to stop is a single, completed action (perfective), the interrupting itself is treated as an ongoing process.
Could I use the long pronoun mnie instead of mi here?
Not naturally in this context. Mi is the short, unstressed dative pronoun. You only use the long form mnie if it starts a sentence, if it follows a preposition, or if you want to put strong contrastive emphasis on it (for example: stop interrupting ME, but you can interrupt him).
Why does the second clause use the long pronoun ciebie instead of the short form cię?
Because it directly follows the preposition do. In Polish, you must always use the long, stressed forms of pronouns (like ciebie, mnie, niego) whenever they come immediately after a preposition, regardless of where the spoken emphasis lies.
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